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Whistleblower wins unfair contract termination suit

By Jordan Bower | October 17, 2012

A former University laboratory researcher has received more than $800,000 in compensation after a federal jury last week decided he had been unfairly fired after he reported “unauthorized modifications” to the terms of a research grant. Dr. Weihua Huang was notified his contract would not be renewed in November 2009, a little more than a month after he reported his supervisor, Dr. Ming Li, for allegedly increasing the amount of time researchers contributed to a genetics project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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Citro addresses Council about noise ordinance concerns

By Emily Hutt | October 17, 2012

Asst. Dean of Students Mike Citro, who oversees fraternity and sorority and student organizations at the University, spoke at Student Council’s representative body meeting Tuesday evening.

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Life

Christmas in October

By Abbi Sigler | October 17, 2012

I’ll begin with an important announcement. Christmas is only 68 days away. You’re probably thinking, “Doesn’t she mean Halloween is only two weeks away?” Nope!

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Opinion

Texas stampede

By Managing Board | October 17, 2012

Institutions should not follow the University of Texas System in rushing to give credits for online courses.

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News

University online courses attract thousands of students

By Emily Hutt | October 16, 2012

Tens of thousands of students have signed up for the University’s non-credit online courses set to begin January as part of the University’s venture with online-learning company Coursera, according to data released by University Information Technology Services. Online learning became a hot-button issue during the failed ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan this summer.

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City council supports acting treasurer

By Joseph Liss | October 16, 2012

Charlottesville City Council Monday evening unanimously endorsed a resolution that would allow Jason Vandever, the chief deputy city treasurer who is currently the acting city treasurer, to continue in his post through the November 2013 elections. Judge Edward Hogshire, the local circuit court judge, must decide whether the City is required to hold a special election to fill the position of city treasurer until the 2013 general election.

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Rawlings discusses issues facing public education

By Alex Stock | October 16, 2012

The University’s efforts to make sense of its position within the higher-education landscape in the uncertain months following University President Teresa Sullivan’s forced resignation this summer continued Monday with a talk from Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities. Students and faculty struggled to find seats in Minor Hall auditorium to listen to the former Cornell president discuss the plight of public universities. The attempted ouster of Sullivan is part of a pattern among public universities, Rawlings said.

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News

Voter registration ends for Virginia residents

By Monika Fallon | October 16, 2012

Monday marked the final day Virginia residents could register to vote in the November election. Charlottesville City Registrar Sheri Iachetta said she processed more than 300 registration forms Monday afternoon. A majority of those registering to vote in Virginia since Sept.

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Sports

Cavs host Wright State after costly weekend miscues

By Matthew Wurzburger | October 16, 2012

The Virginia men’s soccer team takes the pitch Tuesday night against Wright State in the Cavaliers’ second-to-last game at Klöckner Stadium.

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Sports

Skidding Cavs drop two tight tests at home

By Peter Nance | October 16, 2012

After dropping two tough matches this weekend against North Carolina and N.C. State, the Virginia volleyball team still seeks its first conference victory. Entering the weekend, the Cavaliers (5-14, 0-9 ACC) hoped to snap a six-match losing streak by defeating the Tar Heels (15-4, 6-3 ACC). Virginia’s 25-18 loss in the first set seemed to dash any thoughts of halting the skid, but the team rebounded to win the second set 25-21 — the first time Virginia has broken 20 points in a second set since beating Liberty Sept.

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Life

Farming the market

By Molly Cudahy | October 16, 2012

Students flock to the Charlottesville City Market each weekend for the numerous stands selling locally made products and the atmosphere only farmers’ markets provide.

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Life

Five people you meet in lecture

By Julia Horowitz | October 16, 2012

The lecture hall. The universal symbol of collegiate education — a motif almost as prevalent as the red solo cup, the universal symbol of “screw you, Mom.” Yes, midway through the semester I have presumed it time to discuss that pesky, bloodsucking parasite on the backside of the unceasing party that is college: learning. I use the term loosely, of course.

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Opinion

O Pioneers!

By Managing Board | October 16, 2012

The Board of Visitors should approve the University’s creation of a Mormon Studies Chair.

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News

TV program spotlights Harrington case

By Matt Comey | October 15, 2012

The mother of former Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington is upping the ante on her campaign to obtain justice for her daughter who was found dead in a field in Albemarle County after attending a concert at John Paul Jones Arena.

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Tech parents file legal appeal to try university president

By Olivia Patton | October 15, 2012

The parents of two Virginia Tech students who died in the April 2007 shootings at the school are initiating legal action to take the university’s president, Charles Steger, to court. The parents filed an appeal Wednesday in the Virginia Supreme Court to release the bar on Steger that protected him from being tried as a separate entity from the state in a wrongful death lawsuit decided against the school in March. Steger’s attorneys contend that the case is not subject to appeal because the state has already been tried for the wrongful deaths of the two students, Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde.

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Sports

Wake Forest exploits defensive miscues, downs U.Va.

By Ben Baskin | October 15, 2012

The Virginia men’s soccer team suffered its worst defeat of the season Friday, losing 4-1 to No. 18 Wake Forest in a critical home matchup.

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News

Record shows 120,700 Virginians paid at or below minimum wage

By Anna Perina | October 15, 2012

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report Friday that found 7.1 percent of the 1.7 million Virginia workers were paid hourly wages at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour in 2011, more than double pre-recession levels.

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Opinion

Surveillance is trending

By Managing Board | October 15, 2012

Kaplan Test Prep is known as a crammer’s delight — the organization, owned by The Washington Post, provides guide books and test courses for exams from the secondary to graduate level.

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Sports

Good job, good effort, bad times

By Fritz Metzinger | October 14, 2012

The Virginia players exited the field in misery after Saturday’s 27-20 Homecomings loss to archrival Maryland that all but sent their bowl chances, like their new indoor practice facility, up in smoke. For all the moralizing rhetoric out there about the indomitable power of teamwork and persistence and a “can do” attitude, they aren’t enough to outweigh the torturous disappointment of coming up short.

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Sports

Maryland hands Virginia its fifth straight defeat, 27-20

By Daniel Weltz | October 13, 2012

The Virginia football team fell to Maryland, 27-20, for the team’s fifth straight loss, giving the Cavaliers’ their longest losing streak since 2009.